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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2010
Rebecca Deutsch, Seattle, WA (US);
Bonny P. Lau, Bellevue, WA (US);
Holger Kuehnle, Seattle, WA (US);
Nicholas R. Waggoner, Newcastle, WA (US);
Ross N. Luengen, Sammamish, WA (US);
Michael A. Nelte, Redmond, WA (US);
Rebecca Deutsch, Seattle, WA (US);
Bonny P. Lau, Bellevue, WA (US);
Holger Kuehnle, Seattle, WA (US);
Nicholas R. Waggoner, Newcastle, WA (US);
Ross N. Luengen, Sammamish, WA (US);
Michael A. Nelte, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
This document describes content-based snap points and techniques that use these snap points. In some embodiments, multiple content-based snap points are used to stop at points in content that are convenient, prevent overshooting of important parts in the content, and/or aid user's in manipulating and consuming the content.